Awards
Congratulations to our 2023 Awards recipients:
Leadership – Staff Sergeant Michelle Hansen with the Metro Vancouver Transit Police
Mentoring and Coaching – Sergeant Kristina Paech with the Surrey Police Service
Innovation – Heather Wilson with the Vancouver Police Department
Ally – Sergeant (While-So-Employed) Dan Pain with the Vancouver Police Department
For more information about the 2023 BCWLE award winners, click here.
2024 Awards
Nominations are open between November 1, 2023 and midnight PST on January 31, 2024.
BCWLE offers awards in four categories. All four categories are open to peace officers and civilian professionals in law enforcement.
Please review the Awards rules and Awards policy, as well as the selection criteria and scoring rubric for each category. For any questions about BCWLE awards, please email awards@bcwle.ca
Leadership Award
To be awarded to an individual (female peace officer or civilian professional) who distinguishes herself by demonstrating a continuing long-term commitment to leadership, using exceptional personal skills, leading teams and team building, developing others, organizational skills and administration that has an outstanding positive impact within her agency or area of responsibility.
Mentoring & Coaching Award
To be awarded to an individual (female peace officer or civilian professional) who distinguishes herself by her support, assistance and development of women in law enforcement by focusing on their career aspirations, their ongoing personal development and/or producing training programs or policies which enhance the role of women in law enforcement.
Mentoring & Coaching Award Criteria
Ally Award
To be awarded to an individual (peace officer or civilian professional), who advocates for and significantly contributes to a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in law enforcement. This individual openly promotes EDI and is committed to the advancement of women in law enforcement.
Innovation Award
To be awarded to an individual (female peace officer or civilian professional) or group, who demonstrates an innovative and unique achievement in the implementation of a program(s) and/or initiative(s), which has enhanced the effectiveness of law enforcement and the communities in which they work. This award intends to identify those who break new ground and have been successful in the creation of a novel program and/or initiative for law enforcement or the communities they serve.
Please review the rules and policy, as well as the selection criteria and scoring rubric for each category. For any questions about BCWLE awards, please email awards@bcwle.ca.